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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-09-08


night, and at my own home, too. And
you intimidated her into letting you
examine my grounds and property.
Oh, I've heard all about your acti7i-
ties and I warn you to watch your
step or you'll surely be in hot water"
Rankin ignored the threat "Who
gave you this information?'' he in
quired. "Mrs. Fletcher"
Indirectly, yes, but not until my
chauffeur, Max, told me what he wit
messed last night. From the servants
quarters, he noticed light on in the
garage. He got up quietly to investi-
gate and saw you and my wife
together. This he reported to me and
also Mrs. Fletcher's indiscreet trip to
the university yesterday. When I
taxed her, she told me why she had
gone there; but she was kind enough
not to want to make you any trouble
over what had happened"
Because she was afraid, Mr.. Fletch-
er!" Abruptly. Rankin took the initia-
tive. sand any explanation must come
from you. It is my duty to follow up
every trail connected with Jordan's
murder; and you are seriously in
volved." He spoke harshly. when
you and your wife both try desperate
ly to conceal the truth from me,
must resort to more radical means to
reach it. Neither her interest in the
boy, nor her real reason for visiting
the college, was as harmless as you'd
have me believe"
The lawyer seemed genuinely per-
picked. "What are you talking about7
One would almost suppose you be-
lieved I had committed the crime,
Rankin"
'That is exactly what I do think
that you murdered Stuart Jordanw
The detectives startling announce
ment failed to alarm Mr.. Fletcher.
But such was his confusion that his
anger evaporated; for an instant he
was at loss for words.
"Good Cd, Rankin" he CALCULATED
at length, "are you mad? On what
grounds do you make this accusation?
I never heard anything more ridiculous
in my life."
For answer, Rankin produced the
letter he took from Mrs. Fletcher, the
basis of his entire case against the
lawyer.
'Here is a letter your wife wrote
young Jordan" he stated aggressively.
Whether you know it or not, it was
to recover this before it fell into my
hands, that she came to the university
post Office. She expresses her belief
terrible deed. Naturally, she didn't
want you to learn how her imprudence
involved you and first set me on your
trail.'
He waited in silence while Mr..
Fletcher read the missive. This time
he was rewarded by signs of apprehen-
sion; the hand holding the letter trem-
bled perceptibly and the lawyers eyes
widened. With increased assurance,
Rankin pointed out, as he had already
done to Mrs. Fletcher, how it supplied
the motive for the crime-the two oc-
casions on which the lawyer caught
her and Jordan together.
AS he listened, Mr.. Fletcher's wrath
flared again, but somewhat subdued by
dismay.
"Are you daring to suggest" he de-
manded, "that killed Jordan because
I suspected my wife Of being unfaith
full and having relations with himT
GRO BE coNTINuED.l
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-09-08

warrant Of arrest was still in his
pocket, unexecuted.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-09-08
MearH11rNi1,
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Anoint the affected parts with
Cutacurn Ointment. Wash of in
few minutes with Cuticura Soap
and hot water and continue bathing
for several minutes Nothing purer
or better for skin troubles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-27

Dillinger was paroled, released
into society that he admitted hat
ing. Following his parole, he robbed
two banks, one of them the Massa-
chusetts Avenue bank here, accord
ing to identif1cations of employees.
He was captured in Ohio and Indi-
ana was refused its eXtradition APP
peals.
On Oct. Is, Walter DERRICK and
Dillinger were identified as two OF
the marauderS who broke into the
Auburn police station. There they
looted machine guns, rifles, and
ammunition.
On Oct. Fl, they struck again,
robbing the police station at Peru
and escaping with every weapon.
Meanwhile, authorities of the
Marion county Jail here discOv-
cred hidden weapons among pris-
Oners. They suspected plot to
release alleged Slayers of Police
Sergeant Lester Jones.
In a deliberate coup last Monday,
four men, believed to be DERRICK,
Pierpont, Copeland and Dillinger,
robbed the Central National bank
at Greencastle of approximately
$4,000.
Tuesday the Western State bank,
South Bend, was looted of approx
mately $1,000.
Small-time bandits, emboldened
by the unresisted raids, held up
the Fillmore and Modoc banks, TAX
ing approximately 5000.
Federal authorities entered the
chase after The Indianapolis Times
had requested their aid. Governor
McNutt announced that, as the re-
suit of prison investigation, vet
eran deputy warden H. D. Claudy
was discharged for gross negli-
gence."
That brings the story up to to-
day. More than 700 state troop
ers are standing guard-twenty-
fOur-hOur duty-watching, wait
ing in fOrty-fOur state armOries-
watching for Dillinger's Terror
MOb"-Indiana'S worst criminal
gang in it's history.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-27
BY JULIA BLANSHARD
NEA Service Writer

TNTRODUCING-"Comrad" Max
i imovitch Iitvinoff pronounced
Lit-yee-noD, who is coming to
America to confer with President
Roosevelt on American recognition
of Soviet Russia.
He is big man with fat Stom-
ach, grazing light hair, pale blue
eyes that are cold and calculating
at one time, warm and merry when
he looks at his children.
He looks like a successful Jewish
cloak-and- merchant, shakes
hands like a western cowboy, talks
English with London west-end
Jewish accent, wears you out with
his dynamic energy, and can out
argue anybody on earth.
He has been criticised by bigot-
ed, orthodox Bolsheviks because
he has two dress suits and both a
black silk and a white pique eve
ming tie, not to mention long
tailed evening clothes, striped gray
trousers and cutaway and a Tux
edo.
He even wears them in Moscow
when meeting foreign diplomats
though Stain and other high-ups
stick to their workingmen's clothes
He does not wear formidable
Russian beard, he doesn't even have
a mustache. His glasses have
horned rims that are made in
America" and his formal clothes are
made on Bond street.
In spite of these outfits for formal
occasions, however, Litvinoff on
ordinary work-days usually looks
as if he slept in his clothes.
r ITVINOFF also has been criti-
l. cised at home because he has
a foreign, bourgeoise wife who is
also Bohemian.
To proletarian Russia bour-
geoise wife is bad enough. To have
her Bohemian in her tastes is
practically counter to their ideals.
Yet Mrs. Litvinoff, the former
English upper class woman, Ivy Low,
niece of the late journalist, Sir
Maurice Low, goes right ahead doing
exactly as she pleases in Moscow,
absolutely backed by her husband.
She has written articles for the
press of foreign countries, has pub
lished a detective story, is working
on a novel, has reported drama for
RusSia's only English-printed paper,
the Moscow News, and in addition
holds the one and only salon" that
any Bolshevik leaders wife boasts.
Here writer's, artists, actors and
visiting foreigners lucky enough to
have been introduced by "Ivy's"
friends meet informally and talk
seriously to the enjoyment of all.
Criticism doesn't bother Litvin-
off. He always has met with it.
He knows that heshas a longer and
better record for sticking to Bolshe-
vik ideals than practically any one
in Russia.
He is, in fact, one of the "Old
Bolsheviks," a title reserved for the
small group which included Lenin,
Trotsky, Stain and others lucky
enough to have been in on the 1905
revolution.
Litvinoff was born in Bielostok
in 1876, when that part of Poland
was Russia. His real name, Wal
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-27
Big, Gray Maxim Litvinoff, Soviets
Emissary to y. S., Is Human Dynamo

tectural craftsman, as a book deal
er.
His business training is one of his
biggest assets in his present job
for he is the only Russian commits
sar who thoroughly understands
how to deal with representatives of
bourgeois countries on their own
ground. Moreover, he thoroughly
enjoys it!
Having worked personally with
Lenin in England before the Boil
shevik revolution, in 1918, Lenin,
from Moscow, appointed Litvinoff
Ambassador to England of the
Russian people"
England already had one Russian
ambassador appointed by the late
czar), so when Litvinoff began
speech making, declaring Russia's
intention of making the whole world
Bolshevik, they just put him in
Jail.
That happened simultaneously
with Moscows falling of the British
high commissioner, R. H. Bruce
Lockhart, who had been accused of
conspiracy to overthrow the Boil
sheviks. SO Russia and England
compromised.
1t is just exactly fifteen years ago
this month that England traded the
jailed Litvinoff back to Russia for
England's jailed Lockhart.
liver since that day Litvinoff
IL has been in and out of Russia
as the official Soviet minister in
Europe. First he served as assist
ant commissar of foreign affairs
under Tchitcherin, and since 1929,
as conmisSar.
BY 1924 Litvinoff had secured
economic relations with all Europe
and actual recognition with most
European countries.
In 1927 he threw the disarma-
ment conference into a panic by
rising and making plea for "im-
mediate and complete destruction
of every possible instrument of war
on land and sea-"
Diplomats were not used to
straight-from the shoulder propo-
sitions! In May this year he Sc
cured a non-aggressive pact with
France, declared to be the peak of
his amazing achievements.
At the world economic confer
ence he signed non-aggressive pacts
with nine other nations and pre-
pared the way to American recog-
milton by discussing Russia's pos
sible purchase of 10 per cent of
our cotton.
In addition to being such Sue
cessful diplomat, Litvinoff is prob
ably one of the best family men in
Russia.
He, Ivy and their two children, a
boy of IL and girl 10, the children'S
dog, Brandy, and one servant live
in four little rooms over the garage
behind the former sugar kings pal
ace.
1t is In the latter place that they
entertain on state occasions in
rooms hung with faded tapestry, old
masters paintings, rich carpets and
high-backed state chairs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-27

THE rest of those ten years be-
u fore the revolution, Litvinoff
spent in England or on the con-
tinent, always earning his living in
a bourgeoise world-as a salesman
in England under the name of Hen
derson, as a teacher in the Berlitz
School at Rotterdam, as an archi-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-27
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HANook'
lIKIIl LNNAI8 |
lLNLIl N]JlI
BY WALTER D. HICKMAN


IF you we're asked to choose your
l. six favorite short stories, what
would they be? I know that our
lists would differ greatly. Booth
Harrington, who is guest editor Of
the November Golden Book. lists
his six favorites as follows: "Boule
de Sulf." by Guy de MaupaSsant;
Shoes" by o. Henry; The Pro-
fessional Santa Claus" by Booth
jameson; "a Lodging for the
Night" by Robert Louis Stevenson;
Deep Canyons" by Elizabeth
Stanley, and THE Procurator Of
Judea," by Anatole France.
These short stories seem to me
Of outstanding merit and interest,""
says Mr.. Harrington. "Of course,
1 don't mean to say I think them
the greatest short stories that I've
read; I don't believe anybody is
entitled to assume that he knows
what greatness is in literature.
These six, and a few others, come
to mind preponderantly when 1 re-
view my own reading of short
stories. 1 suggest them for publ
cation because they happen to be
the first that come to mind when
1 make no effort to search nv
memory or to search books for
promptings to destroy"
Next to picking winners, the
pleasanteSt pastime in the world is
picking favorites. And so Mr.. Tark-
ington got break. Next month
Hugh Walpole, as guest editor. will
choose his favorite stories for the
Golden Book.
= consider any addition to the
Modern Library important news and
l eagerly open every package of
books that I receive from this COM
pany.
Yesterday my mail contained a
copy of Lew Wallace'S "Ben-Hur."
Sells for 95 cents copy. This pub
LEGATION makes total of 225 books
in the Modern Library. I have on
file in my office the complete list
of this library and it is available to
all readers of this department.
This edition of "Ben-Hu is beau
titully printed on good paper. I am
pleased to place this volume in NV
alWays-at-hand library.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-27
Trapped by Footprint

SEATTLE, Oct. 27.-Clifford G.
Farrell, 81, was arrested by his
footprint instead of a f1ngerprint.
Farrell was accused of robbing a
service station and his footprint
was found on the gravel grounds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-27

loch, apparently has never been used
by him. When he was II he was
exiled to Siberia for anti-czarist
activities.
He went to Switzerland and con-
tinued undercover work for the
revolutionists, was held for snug
Cling in the arms used in the 1905
Revolution.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-27
Cunning of Criminally Crazed Mind Of Mob's
Leader Characterizes Every Move
of Vicious Band
WOMAN IS KEY FIGURE IN SCHEME
Fiendsh Course of Outlaws Believed Mapped
in Entirety From Cell in Ohio
With Aid of Girl.
BY TRISTRAM COFFIN
Times staff Writer

Word seeped through the grapevine system at Indiana
state prison. Michigan City, that plans for gigantic and
daring prison break brewing Old convcts tanned by
years prison. gravey shook their heads at the audacy
IF the daring scheme.
1t bad 1t would be tough for the rest of them in
any event. Prison guards would crack down. grmy applying
strict rules.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-27
Malaria Cases High

BIZ Untted Press
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 27-The
depression has another crime at its
door. The Louisiana state board of
health reported an increase in ma
laria cases caused by mosquitoes
breeding in cutters and other places
not kept as clean as usual, due to
the economic depression.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-27
Talks English With London
Accent, Can Argue
With Anybody.

Julia Blanshard. who has a wide &C
ouaintance among the leaders of pres
ent-day Soviet Russia through her travels
as correspondent for this newspaper and
NEA Service. presents below a PERSONAL
ity story replete with many heretofore
unpublished facts about Foreign Com
missar Litvinof. who soon is TO sail for
America on a history-making diplomatic
mission.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-27
CHARITY FUND
WORKERS NEAR
HALF OF GOAL
Hope to Pass so Per Cent
Mark at Luncheon Re-
port Today.
$376,717 ALREADY GIVEN
Strong Offensive Is Planned
for Week End as
Finish NearS.

Half -way mark in the Community
Fund drive was expected to be
passed at noon today at the final
report meeting of this week.
A total of $376,717.22 has been
collected in the one week of the
campaign.
The next report meeting after to-
day will be held either Monday noon
or night at the Claypool. Monday
has been scheduled as the cam
paign's closing day.
Drive workers are centering their
efforts in strong offensive over
the weekend to reach the 1924, 462
goal.
Lilly Gives $4,000
Increase in contributions of en-
ployes has been recorded by COM
pay after company.
Yesterdays report meeting was
boosted by gift of $4,000 from
the corporation and stockholders of
Eli Lilly & Co. Employees of the
Lilly company gave $11,945.25 at an
earlier reoprt meeting during the
week.
Arthur v. Brown, Community
Fund president, gave a personal gift
of $1,000 to the drive.
Contributions Boosted
A partial report from employees
of the Public Service Company of
Indiana lists contributions totaling
$1,25750. PreSt-O-Lite employees in
creased their gift to $1,8689O. En-
ployes of the Grain Dealers Ma
tional Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany donated SLABS, with State Life
Insurance Company workers max
ing contribution of $594.5O.
Officials of the drive hope that
good weather breaks" will aid in
the contracting of donors over the
weekend.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-27
OREGON CUTS FIRE LOSS

Nearly All Cities Show Reduction
for Eight Months Period.
By United Press
SALEM, Ore, Oct. 27.-Fire losses
in nearly all Oregon cities were less
last year than in 1881, the state
fire marshal reported.
Thirty-five Oregon cities made
additions to fire fighting equipment
during the last year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-19

However. potato prices are a trifis higher. If is explxinsble in view of the fact that the potato crop for 1933 is reckoned as the shortest in 20 year period.
 Oddly enough that does not hold good for this state where. as figures obtained by Dr George B. Clarke, assistant extension eeon- omist at State College show. the potato pro- duetion will be 2 per cent greater than that of last year and B per cent above the aver age for the five year period from l9Z6-3O. We have no doubt but what this is due to the fact that there are 1000 acres of land in the Connecticut river valley planted to pota- toes this year that in former years probably grew tobacco and onions or both. In previous article this writer showed that Con- neeticut was going in for potato growing on big scale in an effort to aid tobacco and onion growers. Smaller crops in these two classes are bound ultimately to raise the price.
 Dr Clarke had some interesting things to say about potato growing in this state. Among them he states that 'The traditional idea that the per capita consumption of po- tatoes would increase under depression con- ditions. because potatoes are considered a cheap food. has not proved true of the present depression because of large supply. variety and cheapness of other vegetables. Since 1920 there appears to have been considerable decrease in the per capita con- sumption of potatoes and relative increase in the consumption of other vegetables. Bet ter prices for potatoes this fall will largely depend on general business conditions and the present price level"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-19
A Book a Day
 by BRUCE CATION
The Squalor of a Coal Miners Life

"Count Your Blessings" by Rhys Davies, is ahother of those strong and forceful stories of one of England's underprivileged prole- tartan groups-in this case the coal miners; and if you persevere to the end you will assimilate a story which doubtless will be very good for you, or something.
 Coal miners everywhere seem to have pretty thin time oi 1t, and in England, apparently things are no exception to this rule. MT Daviess miners live in sodden squalor, with a horizon limited by the coal pits on one side and the village pub on the other; and when the lovely daughter of one of these miners, egged on by her mother, tries to rise above her environment the reader can do nothing less than hope for the best.
 This particular young lady goes to the city and becomes daughter of joy in a disorderly house which, incidentally, seems ta have been one of the most genteel and respectable establishments of it's kind ever seen on land or sea. She gets along very. nicely there, too, and everything would have been fine if the village pastor hadn't fallen in love with her. <.
 To please her mother, who had always wanted to see her attain genuine responsibility, the girl marries him-thereby introducing quaint new note, no doubt, into the parsonage; and the marriage, naturally enough, goes to pot fin short order, and in the end the reader Is left with a vague wonder as to what 1t was all about and whether the story was worth the struggle.
 Published by Covici-Friede, the book sells for $2.50.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-19

It is increasingly evident that the streams of Connecticut are no better off today than they were several years ago when it was found necessary to create state water com mission to conduct drive against pollution. A news item from Bridgeport paper. the Times-Star. attracted our attention recently. It stated that the Norwalk river was again polluted. A few years back it was cleaned up and believed to be free from sewage or factory pollution. But after being stocked with trout during the past year it was dis covered that their dead bodies were being found with much frequency. Investigation showed traces of arsenic, iron sulphates. and vegetable matter in five different sections of the stream. The theory advanced was that farmers and orehardists were spraying trees and some of the spray. was going into the river or else being washed from trees and bushes adjacent the river. It seems as If every day new factor appears in this pol 1ution business Sooner or later Connecticut will find to its sorrow that it has delayed too long in the task of really cleaning up every stream and pond. The cost of elimi- hating pollution is staggering today. What will it be five years from now?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-19
Our Daily Washington Letter

BY RODNEY BUTCHER

assuming she spoke for all women. But when she was followed by an- other woman, representing a larger organization, who developed the opposite view, his praise of the sec ond speech was equally unstinted. The Scotch Is Coming!
 Look out for a heavy influx of Scotch whisky, to compete with Americas own rye.
 The coast guard defenses against foreign rum fleets have been so weakened under the economy pro- gram and Rum Row already Is flourishing again, according to re- ports here. A large supply of the Scotch beverage already has begun to stream into Washington from the Virginia ports, at low prices.
 "New Deap' Crowds Capital
 The ordinary government em- ploye can't call his office his own as the new organizations created under the emergency program con- tinue to crowd in on federal build- merce building has been upset 1dIclys WILL hcSAS SuASAt OA d WhVIo floor to the recovery administra- tfon. The halls have been full of furniture and moving crews.
 The Federal Radio commission has been kicked from place to place. It started out in the old Commerce building, outgrew that and went to the Interior building. Then it rented a floor in the Ma tional Press building. Appropria- tions wore cut and 1t retreated to Interior. But the public works ad- ministration had to move in there and now the F. R. c. is in a tenn porary federal building which will sooner or later be demolished. Copyright 1893, NEA Service Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-19

Few big projects. such as construction of reservoirs and dams, have been accomplished of recent years without changing the con tour of townships. etc. Now down at Muscle Shoals where the river valley is to been inundated to considerable extent Uncle Sam has the task of moving 4.500 graves. A good many of these are the graves of the early mountain pioneers; others are those of Revolutionary War settlers. There are only records of 4.260 graves in the territory that will be flooded but no doubt when the excavations end considerably more than that number will have been found. It's serious business this of progressing civiliza- ton.